Substack: Wishes, Surveys, and Ken Burns

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of expressing specific needs in the massage therapy community to empower change.

Send us Fan Mail Read the original article here There’s no way for the associations to know our wishes if we don’t say them out loud. If we want the power to come from the bottom of the pyramid, we have to accept responsibility and ownership of that power. That doesn’t mean saying “I demand you fix my problem” it means saying “I need this specific thing from you in order to fix this problem.” Links: Articles where we describe problems can be found here: The Price of Free, Massage Therapy Has ...

Topics covered

• massage therapy
• community engagement
• responsibility
• communication
• advocacy

Keywords

• fan mail
• surveys
• power dynamics
• advocacy
• communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Healwell

Books & works: The Price of Free, Massage Therapy Has ...

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